Indonesia finds new bird flu case-health official

An 18-year-old East Java shuttlecock maker has been diagnosed with bird flu, according to local test results announced on Sunday.

The Health Ministry’s Director General for Disease Control, I Nyoman Kandun, told Reuters that the victim was undergoing treatment in hospital and that a sample of his blood will be sent to a Hong Kong laboratory recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for further testing.

“He was working as a shuttlecock maker. We are still tracing where (the factory) got the feathers,” Kandun said.

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